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Lost and Found: On Eileen Myles’s “Bird Watching”

Lost and Found: On Eileen Myles’s “Bird Watching”

CAConrad in Praise of the Poet’s Early Work

By CAConrad | June 1, 2026

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

Sara Youngblood Gregory on the Possibilities Offered For Queer Literature by Speculative Fiction

By Sara Youngblood Gregory | May 29, 2026

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Herta Müller, Siri Hustvedt, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and More

By Book Marks | May 29, 2026

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Ali Smith, and More

By Book Marks | May 29, 2026

Language Play(s): Ensemble, Chorus, and the Redistributed Lyric

Language Play(s): Ensemble, Chorus, and the Redistributed Lyric

Soham Patel on the Poetics of Language, Form, and Situation

By Soham Patel | May 29, 2026

Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé... Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.

Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé... Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 29, 2026

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Margo’s Got Money Troubles is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While

By Maris Kreizman | May 28, 2026

50 Great Classic Novels
Under 200 Pages

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2026

On the Literary Afterlife of Japan’s First Working Woman Writer

By Bryan Karetnyk | May 28, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Kardashians don’t just reflect the zeitgeist, they create it, influencing the ways we spend our money, think about our bodies and understand online identity.”

By Book Marks | May 28, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending May 24, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 28, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending May 24, 2026

By Literary Hub | May 28, 2026

Barry Walters on LGBTQ Music 1969-2000

Barry Walters on LGBTQ Music 1969-2000

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 28, 2026

Why Michael Crichton’s Best Novel Failed as a Movie

Why Michael Crichton’s Best Novel Failed as a Movie

Ian Mackenzie on the Formative Reading and the Lasting Influence of Sphere

By Ian Mackenzie | May 27, 2026

Who Are You When You Lose Your Job? And Other Questions You Can Answer by Making Art

Who Are You When You Lose Your Job? And Other Questions You Can Answer by Making Art

Hugo dos Santos Goes to Work at a Desk in the Basement

By Hugo dos Santos | May 27, 2026

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

Had Me a Blast

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2026

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